Paulina "Pliny" Fipps

1846 - 1920  (73 years)

• Name	Paulina "Pliny" Fipps
  Nickname	Pliny
  Birth	13 Apr 1846	Sand Lick, Fayette Co., VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Feb 1920	Sylvia, Raleigh Co., WV   [3]
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Burial	27 Feb 1920	Wildwood Cemetery, East Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [3]
  Person ID	I21916	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Fielding Fipps,   b. 18 Jun 1806, Monroe Co., VA d. Feb 1849, Fayette Co., VA (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Eleanor L. Ellison,   b. 23 Dec 1812, Farley's Fort, Monroe Co., VA d. 23 Jan 1890, Trigg, Giles Co., VA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1827	Monroe Co., VA   [4]
  Family ID	F8858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Franklin Lewis,   b. 7 Jan 1838, Hillsville, Carroll Co., VA d. 12 Mar 1920, Sylvia, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. John F. Lewis,   b. 1866, Raleigh Co., WV d. Between 1880 and 1920 (Age 14 years)   2. Virginia V. "Jennie" Lewis,   b. Jul 1870, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aft 1942 (Age 72 years)   3. William Frank Lewis,   b. 2 May 1872, Raleigh Co., WV d. 16 Oct 1933, Helen, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 61 years)   4. Lucretia E. Lewis,   b. 7 Apr 1875, Raleigh Co., WV d. 11 Apr 1942, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (Age 67 years)   5. Etta M. Lewis,   b. 21 Feb 1879, Raleigh Co., WV d. 19 Mar 1948, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (Age 69 years)   6. Bessie Lewis,   b. Jul 1881, Raleigh Co., WV d. Aft 1942 (Age 61 years)   7. Roscoe M. Lewis,   b. 12 May 1888, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV d. 18 May 1930, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F8897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Raleigh Register, Thursday, 4 March 1920 Passing of Mrs. Benjamin Lewis Sylvia Lady Succumbs to Pneumonia - Husband and Son Also Very Ill Mrs. Benjamin Lewis died at her home at Sylvia early Tuesday morning, February 24th, after a brief illness with pneumonia. She was stricken with influenza while nursing her husband, who is also ill and not expected to recover. She was sick less than three days. Mrs. Lewis was born at Trap Hill, this county, 75 years ago, and had lived in this state all her life. She has been a member of the Christian church since girlhood and was a faithful church worker. The deceased was the mother of eight children, and is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Weyman McGinnis, of Clear Creek, Frank Lewis, of Beckley, Mrs. Lucretia Dawson, Mrs. Alfred Jones, Mrs. Etta King and Roscoe Lewis, of Charleston. She is also survived by 18 grand children. Mrs. King and Neice, Miss Pearl Dawson, were here to attend the funeral, also Roscoe Lewis, who developed pneumonia shortly after his arrival here and his wife was called to his bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were residents of Charleston about 15 years ago, and are well known to many of the older residents of that city. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 3:30 by Rev. Gerald Culberson, with burial in Wildwood cemetery, in charge of Undertaker H. T. Calfee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S434] Federal Census Record: Summers Co., WV 1900. [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #6763, Town Dist., Raleigh Co., WV (Reliability: 3). lists date of birth as 13 April 1844 [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #6763, Town Dist., Raleigh Co., WV (Reliability: 3). [S756] Monroe Co., WV Marriage Bond.